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About the Botany Bay - Rockdale Site Botany Bay has a waterway of 80km2 within a highly altered and developed catchment of 1100km2. Botany Bay is heavily impacted by development, with over half of the shoreline urbanised commercially, industrially and residentially. Botany Bay is the largest Port in NSW; it is mainly used for importing large quantities of crude oil and is also a large container port. Botany Bay is also a popular for recreational fishermen. Towra Point in Botany Bay was declared a RAMSAR site in 1984 (RAMSAR is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources). Thirty-four species of wading birds from China, Siberia, Japan and the Arctic Region as well as several species of non-migratory wetland birds use Towra extensively. There are also a number of important mangrove and salt marsh areas in Quibray Bay, Weeney Bay and Woolooware Bay. The Bay has considerable beds of seagrass which limit erosion and provide habitat and shelter for many species of flora and fauna. Seagrass species include Zostera, Posidonia and Halophila. Caulerpa taxifolia has been identified as a noxious weed found within this waterway and at the site of monitoring. Local Coordinator Lynda Newman, Chairperson of the Botany Bay and Catchment Alliance Phone: 02 9661 5001 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |